Federal Communications Commission	DA 19-792


DA 21-66
January 15, 2021

TECHNICAL GUIDE ON SINGLE-ROUND BIDDING PROCEDURES 
AVAILABLE FOR AUCTION 108 (2.5 GHz)
AU Docket No. 20-429

The Office of Economics and Analytics (OEA) and the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) make available a guide that provides technical and mathematical detail regarding proposed bidding procedures for Auction 108 under a single-round format.  Auction 108 will offer flexible-use, geographic overlay licenses in the 2.5 GHz band.  This guide provides examples and serves as a supplement to the bidding and bid processing procedures for the single-round auction format on which the Commission seeks comment in the Auction 108 Comment Public Notice. See Auction of Flexible-Use Service Licenses in the 2.5 GHz Band for Next-Generation Wireless Services; Comment Sought on Competitive Bidding Procedures for Auction 108, AU Docket No. 20-429, Public Notice, FCC 21-14, at 12-19, paras. 31-62 (Jan. 13, 2021) (Auction 108 Comment Public Notice); see also id. at 12, para. 33 (noting delegated authority of OEA to develop auctions jointly with WTB, including release of supplemental technical guide).  The Auction 108 Comment Public Notice also seeks comment on use of a simultaneous multiple-round (SMR) auction format.  Id. at 19-27, paras. 63-98.  Mathematical details for the SMR auction format are in Attachment B of the Auction 108 Comment Public Notice. 
  The guide, which is entitled Auction 108 Technical Guide, is available on the Commission’s Auction 108 website (www.fcc.gov/auction/108) in the Education section, where it will remain available and accessible for reference.  
For further information concerning the technical guide, email auction108@fcc.gov or contact the FCC Auctions Hotline at (717) 338-2868.  For further information concerning this proceeding, contact the offices listed below:
Broadband Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau 

2.5 GHz band questions:	Madelaine Maior at (202) 418-1466

Auctions Division, Office of Economics and Analytics

Auction legal questions:	Erik Beith or Daniel Habif at (202) 418-0660 


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